Petrotilapia genalutea

Petrotilapia genalutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Petrotilapia
Species: P. genalutea
Binomial name
Petrotilapia genalutea
A. C. Marsh, 1983

Petrotilapia genalutea is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it inhabits areas with rocky substrates from which it grazes algae.[2]This species can reach a length 13.1 centimetres (5.2 in) SL. This species is also found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. Kasembe, J. 2006. Petrotilapia genalutea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
  2. Marsh, A.A. (1983). A taxonomic study of the fish genus Petrotilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 48. Grahamstown: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. p. 16. ISSN 0073-4381.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Petrotilapia genalutea" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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